3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 3/13/19

Stephen Curry, PG, Golden State Warriors

Price: $9,200

The Warriors have ruled out Kevin Durant for tonight, and as is almost always the case when KD sits, that means you'll want to fire up Stephen Curry.

Curry has only played one game with Durant out this year, but that outing saw him put up an ungodly 42.8% usage rate in 37.4 minutes of action -- compared to his average of 30.1% in 34.3 minutes per game when KD plays.

Getting a bigger sample, Curry sees his usage rate jump from 28.1% to 37.4% and his FanDuel points per minute from 1.28 to 1.31 if we look at his splits with Durant on and off the court.

Even if we narrow our view again and just look at games since DeMarcus Cousins made his season debut, Curry's usage rate has a 34.7% usage rate with Durant off.

As mentioned above, this matchup with the Rockets should be a close one, so we should see Curry get in a huge workload. We've seen Curry put up at least 25 field goal attempts seven times this year (including a season-high 33 in that first game without Durant), and that sample has seen him post at least 48 FanDuel points six times, with no fewer than 42.6 and a high of 71.7. He's averaged 52.2 FanDuel points per game in that sample and is likely to see a similar workload tonight, making him a steal at $9,200.

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